The Pig(在线收听

    A pig once made its way into the courtyard of a lordly mansion,where he sauntered at its will around the stables and the kitchen,wallowed in filth,and bathed in slops.Then he returned home from his visit looking every bit of a pig.“Well,Kavronya,what have you seen?”said the swineherd to the pig.“They do say that there is nothing but pearls and diamonds inrich people's houses,and that there each thing is richer than the previous one.“I assure you they talk nonsense,”grunted Kavronya.“I saw no riches at all—nothing but dirt and offal;and yet you may suppose I didn't spare my snout,for I dug up the whole backyard.”
    God forbid that I should hurt any one by my comparison;but how can one help calling those critics Kavronyas who,in whatever they have to discuss,have the faculty of seeing only that which is bad?
    Exercises:
    回答下列问题:
    ① Where did the pig make its way?
    ② What did the swineherd think of rich people's houses?
    ③ What can we learn from this?

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